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Fiction and Non-Fiction Relating to the Vietnam War


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Armies of the Vietnam War 1962-75, Men-At-Arms Series #104, P. Katcher & M. Chappel, Osprey (Reed International Books), ISBN 0-85045-360-7

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Armies of the Vietnam War 2, Men-At-Arms Series #143, L. Russell & M. Chappel, Osprey (Reed International Books), ISBN 0-85045-514-6

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Armor of the Vietnam War; (1) Allied Forces, Michael Green & Peter Sarson, Concord Publications Ltd, ISBN 962-361-611-2

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Armor of the Vietnam War; (2) Asian Forces, Albert Grandolini, Concord Publications Ltd, ISBN 962-361-622-8 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

Armor in Vietnam; A Pictorial History, Jim Mesko, Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., ISBN 0-89747-127-X

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A Hundred Miles of Bad Road  Birdwell, Dwight W., and Kieth William Nolan, 1997, Presidio Press, Novato, California, 218 pages, photos, appendix, glossary. Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
A Bright Shining Lie  Neil Sheehan, Pimlico Edition (1998), ISBN 0-7126-6656-7 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
All Guts and No Glory, Buick B & McKay G., Allen & Unwin, ISBN 1-86508-274-0 Buy it Now - US  

Anatomy of a Division, The 1st Cav in Vietnam Shelby Stanton, Presidio Press, ISBN 0-89141-686-2

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Battle of Coral, The Lex McAulay,  Century Publishing, ISBN  0-09-169090-0

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Battle of Long Tan, The Lex McAulay, Arrow Books Ltd., ISBN 0-09-952530-5 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

Battle for Saigon, The Keith William Nolan, Pocket Books ISBN  0-671-52287-6

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Bird, The Christmastide Battle S.L.A.Marshall, Battery Press, ISBN 0-89839-072-9

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Blackjack-34 James C. Donahue, Ballantine Books, 1998, ISBN 0804117659 

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Buckle For Your Dust (Rules Book) Greg McCauley, Paddy Griffith Associates, ISBN 0 9521 488 2 X

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Chickenhawk Robert Mason, Corgi Books, ISBN    0-552-12419-2

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Choppers J.D.Coleman, St. Martins Press, ISBN    0-312-96635-0

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Combat Operations: Taking the Offensive, October 1966 to October 1967  MacGarrigle, George L.,  1998, Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, DC, 485 pages, 45 maps, approx. 100 photos, bibliography, index. CMH Publication 91-4, ISBN 0-16-049540-7. Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Cedar Falls / Junction City:  A Turning Point  Major General Bernard W. Rogers. (1974, 1989; 172 pages, CMH Pub 90-7) Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Company Commander Vietnam, Col. James Estep., Presidio Press, ISBN 0-89141-410-X Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

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Dispatches  Michael Herr, Pan Books, ISBN   0-330-25573-8

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Dak To Edward F. Murphy, Presidio Press, ISBN 0-89141-429-0

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Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam, Edited by Bernard Edelman, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-671-69178-3 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

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Everything We Had Al Santoli, Random House, ISBN    0-394-51269-3

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Fall of Saigon, The, David Butler, Sphere Books, ISBN 0-7221-2106-7

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Force Recon Command Lt.Col.Alex Lee, Ivy Books, ISBN    0-8041-1023-9

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Final Collapse, The General Caso Van Vien, U.S. Government Printing Office, CMH Pub 90-26, GPO S/N 008-029-00121-7, 1983, 184 pages, no ISBN. Good coverage by an ARVN general with excellent maps Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

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Green Berets in the Vanguard, Inside Special Forces, 1953-1963
Chalmers Archer, Jr., Naval Institute Press, ISBN: 1-55750-023-1
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Guns Up Johnnie Clark, Ballantine, ISBN 0-345-31507-3

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Gun Trucks Timothy J. Kutta, Squadron/Signal Publications, ISBN 0-89747-359-0

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Hamburger Hill Samuel Zaffiri, Pocket Books, ISBN   0-671-67612-1

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Honor the Warrior: The United States Marine Corps in Vietnam Buy it Now - US  

Hunter-Killer Squadron Matthew Brennan, Pocket Books, ISBN    0-671-74453-4

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In Pharaoh's Army, Tobias Wolff, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 Buy this book - US Buy it Now - UK
Infantry Weapons of the World, Christopher Foss & T.J. Gander,  Ian Allen Ltd., 1977, ISBN 07110-0734-9 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

Inside the VC and the NVA Michael Lee Lanning & Dan Cragg, Ivy Books, ISBN   0-8041-0500-6

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Inside the LRRPS Michael Lee Lanning, Ivy Books, ISBN   0-8041-0166-3

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Into Cambodia, Spring Campaign, Summer Offensive, 1970, Keith Nolan, Presidio Press, ISBN 0-89141-368-5

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Jungle Dragoon - The Memoir of an Armored Cav Platoon Leader, Paul D. Walker, Presidio, ISBN 0-89141-689-7 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

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Let a Soldier Die William Holland, Corgi Books, ISBN    0-552-99149-X

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Lima 6, A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam, Colonel R.D.Camp, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-671-70436-2 

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Low Level Hell Hugh Mills Jr., Dell Books, ISBN   0-440-21549-8

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Lonely Kind of War: Forward Air Controller Vietnam, A    Marshall Harrison, Presidio Press, ISBN 0-89141-352-9

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The Long Range War: Sniping in Vietnam by Peter R. Senich, Paladin Press (1-800-466-6868) 1994

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M113 Series, The, Simon Dunstan, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Vanguard Series#34, ISBN 0-85045-495-6

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Mounted Combat in Vietnam  Starry, Donn A., 1978, U.S. Department of the Army, Washington, DC,  250 pages, photos, maps, and appendices listing the commanders of cavalry, armor, and mechanized units, and 19 recipients of the U.S. Medal of Honor.
Also published by Blandford Books Ltd (1981) as Armoured Combat in Vietnam, ISBN 0-7137-1166-3
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Magnificent Bastards, The Keith Nolan, Dell Books, ISBN 0-440-22162-5 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Mobile Guerrilla Force, James C. Donahue, Naval Institute Press, 1996. Buy this book - US  

MIA Rescue: LRRPs in Cambodia, Kregg P.J. Jorgenson. Ivy Books, ISBN    0-8041-0980-X.

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NAM Mark Baker, Quill, ISBN 0-688-01224-8

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NVA and Viet Cong, The, Ken Conboy, Ken Bowra and Simon McCouaig, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Elite Series #38, ISBN 1-85532-162-9 

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Orders, Decorations and Badges of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Edward J. Emering, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0764301438 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Once a Warrior King, David Donovan, Corgi Books, ISBN 0-552-13273-X Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Operation Buffalo, Keith Nolan, Published by Dell, ISBN 0-440-21310-X Buy it Now - US  

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PAVN, Douglas Pike, Novato : Presidio Press, 1986, ISBN 0-306-80432-8 Buy it Now - US  

Peter Arnett, Live from the Battlefield  Peter Arnett, Simom & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-75586-2

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Rise & Fall of an American Army, The Shelby Stanton, Spa Books Ltd., ISBN 0-907590-26-8

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Ripcord, Screaming Eagles under Siege, Vietnam 1970, Keith Nolan, Presidio, ISBN 0-89141-642-0

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Summons of the Trumpet Dave R. Palmer, Presidio Press, ISBN 0-89141-550-5 

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SOG  John L. Plaster, Penguin Putnam Inc., ISBN 0-451-19508-6

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Telltale Hearts, The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement, Adam Garfinkle, Published by Macmillan 1995, ISBN 0-333-69843-6 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

The Hill Leonard Scott, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-37347-2

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The Riflemen: Unit History of 3RAR in Vietnam 1971, Michael C. English, Australian Military History Publications (1999). ISBN 1-876439-54-8.

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Tunnels of CU CHI, The Tom Mangold & John Penycate, Pan Books, ISBN 0-330-29191-2

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The 13th Valley John Del Vecchio, Sphere Books Ltd., ISBN 0-7221-8837-4

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The Only War We Had Michael Lee Lanning, Ivy Books, ISBN 0-8041-0005-5

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The Grunts Charles Anderson, Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-10403-6

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Trial By Fire,  Dale Andrade, Hippocrene Books, 1975 (600 pages), ISBN 0-7818-0286-5.

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USMC Fight for the DMZ (Operation Buffalo)  Keith Nolan, Dell Books, ISBN 0-440-21310-X

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US Army in Vietnam, The  Leroy Thompson, David & Charles Publishers, ISBN 0-7153-9219-0

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US Marine in Vietnam, Charles D. Melson and RamiroBujeiro, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Warrior Series #23, ISBN 1-85532-542-X

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Vietnam, A History Stanley Karnow, Random House, ISBN 0-7126-5965-X

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Vietnam: The Helicopter War Philip Chinnery, Airlife, ISBN 1-55750-875-5

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Vietnam Order of Battle  Shelby Stanton, US News Books, ISBN 0-89193-700-5

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Viet Cong: A Photographic Portrait Edward J. Emering, Schiffer Military History Books, ISBN 0764307584

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Vietnam, From Cease Fire to Capitalization Col. William E. Le Gro, U.S.Government Printing Office, CMH Pub 90-29, GPO S/N 008-029-00120-9, 1981, 180 pages, no ISBN (probably before they were assigned - they probably use the S/N number) Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Vietnam at War, The History 1946-1975  Phillip B. Davidson, Oxford  University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-89141-306-5 (hardback), 0-19-506792-4 (paperback).  Covers the French disaster and then the American involvement.  Plenty to plow through but not enough maps. Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Vietnam Weapons Handbook, David Rosser-Owen, Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1986, ISBN 0-85059-838-9 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

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War Story Jim Morris, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, ISBN 0-312-97592-9 

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War Stories of the Green Berets: The Vietnam Experience, Hans Halberstadt, Motorbooks International Buy the book - US  

We Were Soldiers Once & Young Lt.Gen. Harold Moore & Joseph Galloway, Random House, ISBN   1-85310-502-3

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Weapons & Field Gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Edward J. Emering, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ISBN: 0764305832 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK
Warsaw Pact Infantry and it's Weapons, J.I.H.Owen (Editor),  Brassey's Publishers Ltd., 1976, ISBN 0-904609-03-0 Buy it Now - US Buy it Now - UK

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Year of the Horse:Vietnam Col.Kenneth D. Mertel, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7643-0138-1

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